Emma Jane Copp, 84, widow of Winfleld Scott Fonda, died at 8:30 o'clock Saturday evening of arteriosclerosis at her home on Switzer Hill. She was born at Argusville April 13, 1854, a daughter of Fred Copp and Sasiah A. Collins Copp. Her husband, a native of Fonda, preceded her in death in 1933, they having been residents of this community during their entire married life of over half a century. Mrs. Fonda was a member of the Pilgrim Holiness Mission at Fultonville. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Sedgwick Quackenbush, Fuitonville, Mrs. Edison Veeder and Miss Viola Fonda, Fonda; five sons, Fred and Edgar, Fonda, Winfleld, Fultonville, John, Johnstown, and Nathan Fonda, Randall; one sister, Mrs. John Firth, and a brother, Charles Copp, both of Amsterdam; 29 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Pilgrim Holiness Mission, Fultonville, the Rev. Harry L. Twining, Amsterdam, officiating, assisted by Floyd E. Lepper, Fort Johnson. The body was placed in the receiving vault in Caughnawaga Cemetery, Fonda, to await burial in the Spring. Amsterdam NY Daily Democrat and Recorder, Tuesday, January 3, 1939.
Emma Jane Copp, 84, widow of Winfleld Scott Fonda, died at 8:30 o'clock Saturday evening of arteriosclerosis at her home on Switzer Hill. She was born at Argusville April 13, 1854, a daughter of Fred Copp and Sasiah A. Collins Copp. Her husband, a native of Fonda, preceded her in death in 1933, they having been residents of this community during their entire married life of over half a century. Mrs. Fonda was a member of the Pilgrim Holiness Mission at Fultonville. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Sedgwick Quackenbush, Fuitonville, Mrs. Edison Veeder and Miss Viola Fonda, Fonda; five sons, Fred and Edgar, Fonda, Winfleld, Fultonville, John, Johnstown, and Nathan Fonda, Randall; one sister, Mrs. John Firth, and a brother, Charles Copp, both of Amsterdam; 29 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Pilgrim Holiness Mission, Fultonville, the Rev. Harry L. Twining, Amsterdam, officiating, assisted by Floyd E. Lepper, Fort Johnson. The body was placed in the receiving vault in Caughnawaga Cemetery, Fonda, to await burial in the Spring. Amsterdam NY Daily Democrat and Recorder, Tuesday, January 3, 1939.
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